service resource misbehaves on upstart hosts

[zmalone]

Some services, like ntp, don't show up in initctl on Ubuntu 14.04 and other pre-systemd platforms. They are visible in /etc/init.d and via the service command, but are not in initctl.

Currently, inspec checks initctl for all service resources on pre-15.04 hosts, so it will fail to detect running ntp processes, even though they are present and enabled.

I'm not sure what the proper fix here is, possibly checking /etc/init.d/, service, and initctl for a service, and or-ing the results together?

[chris-rock]

Hi @zmalone We used initctl due to the fact that Ubuntu recommends it http://upstart.ubuntu.com/cookbook/#initctl

Will double-check why this does not work with Ubuntu 14.04. Any special configuration?

[zmalone]

It's unfortunately a default config. I believe this is just Ubuntu being inconsistent, but it happens with a few Ubuntu services, so checking init.d and the service command is probably necessary. This is a base Ubuntu 14.04 install:

vagrant@vm:~$ sudo apt-get install ntp
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  libopts25
Suggested packages:
  ntp-doc
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libopts25 ntp
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 474 kB of archives.
After this operation, 1,677 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main libopts25 amd64 1:5.18-2ubuntu2 [55.3 kB]
Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main ntp amd64 1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.5 [419 kB]
Fetched 474 kB in 3s (129 kB/s)
Selecting previously unselected package libopts25:amd64.
(Reading database ... 69251 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../libopts25_1%3a5.18-2ubuntu2_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libopts25:amd64 (1:5.18-2ubuntu2) ...
Selecting previously unselected package ntp.
Preparing to unpack .../ntp_1%3a4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.5_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking ntp (1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.5) ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-16) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.6.7.1-1ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libopts25:amd64 (1:5.18-2ubuntu2) ...
Setting up ntp (1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.5) ...
 * Starting NTP server ntpd                                              [ OK ] 
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.19-0ubuntu6.6) ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-16) ...
vagrant@vm:~$ ps -ef | grep ntp
ntp       2338     1  0 22:14 ?        00:00:00 /usr/sbin/ntpd -p /var/run/ntpd.pid -g -u 109:114
vagrant   2352  1751  0 22:14 pts/4    00:00:00 grep --color=auto ntp
vagrant@vm:~$ ls /etc/init.d/ntp 
/etc/init.d/ntp
vagrant@vm:~$ service ntp status
 * NTP server is running
vagrant@vm:~$ initctl status ntp
initctl: Unknown job: ntp

[chris-rock]

Problem confirmed. This happens to all services located in /etc/init.d. Those services are loaded by upstart, but are not shown in their tooling. On Ubuntu pre 15.04 we need to combine Upstart with SystemV service implementation.

[zmalone]

#228 appears to fix this. Thank you!

[arlimus]

Should be fixed by #228 . Please reopen if the issue still persists.
Thank you @zmalone for reporting!